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Residents from five mid-Scarborough neighbourhoods will be asked this week to step up a campaign against Toronto’s public school board. Leaders of the Greater Bendale Advocacy Team, as the volunteer coalition calls itself, wants the board to stop its sale of land at David and Mary Thomson Collegiate for a townhouse development. “We’re escalating now,” Mark Weiser, president of the Midland Park Community Association and a founder of GBAT. said this week. Residents had met TDSB officials after the board declared both the Thomson property and the adjacent Bendale Business and Technical Institute on Midland Avenue surplus in 2012. After some consultations, the homeowners appeared to find a suitable compromise with >>>FIGHT, page 14
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North York, Scarborough have different bylaws, Councillor Paul Ainslie says MIKE ADLER madler@insidetoronto.com Driveway repair in Scarborough can come with a built-in penalty, and that should change, a local councillor will tell a city committee this week. Residents with older homes on larger lots have discovered they can’t make their driveways any wider than their single-car garage. But many driveways are already wider than the garage, often because a previous homeowner made them that way, and residents putting on new asphalt are told they must trim their driveway to the proper width. “The residents are penalized for making improvements,” Scarborough East Councillor Paul Ainslie argued in a letter to Toronto’s planning and growth committee. But in North York, that’s not the case on lots wider than 50 feet, Ainslie said, because a local driveway bylaw there was changed in 2000. Scarborough’s bylaw is also a local one, one of many holdovers from days before Toronto’s amalgamation. In an interview, Ainslie stopped short of calling the difference in bylaws unfair, but said he’ll ask the committee today to recommend having the North York rules, which allow enough space for two cars to park side-by-side, apply to Scarborough. “How hard can it be to do?” he asked on Tuesday. “This is 2015 now, almost 18 years after amalgamation. We should be doing a better job of
harmonizing bylaws.” Most houses in Ainslie’s south Scarborough ward have lots at least 50 feet wide and were built before 1960, when single-car households were the norm. Nowadays, he said, spouses and older children are often working and driving. Ainslie wasn’t clear why Scarborough’s strict drivewaywidth rule has stayed so long in force. City policies meant to prevent flooding and preserve the environment discourage covering space on lawns with hard surfaces. Ainslie said councillors have tried to change the Scarborough driveway rule before but, “we keep getting pushback from planning staff downtown” citing the loss of green space as a reason. Ainslie, however, got a better reception from city transportation services staff in Scarborough who, he said in his letter, “indicated they would support this accommodation and it would be straightforward to implement.” He also acknowledged some fellow councillors in Scarborough had supported the current rules, arguing wider driveways will make it easier to start rooming houses or bring other living arrangements to streets where other residents don’t want them. Scarborough councillors have effectively banned overnight parking – and even consideration of a permit parking system where residents request it – on all but a few local streets, for similar reasons.
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Proud parents Ataule Selim, right, and Soumia Himmi welcome Mohammed Muntasir Abdellatif at the Rouge Valley Health System-Centenary site on New Year’s Day. Mohammed, who was born at 1:04 a.m, weighed in at 6 pounds, 4.5 ounces.
Scarborough hospitals welcome new year babies Centenary delivers Scarborough’s first baby of 2015 ALI RAZA araza@insidetoronto.com Scarborough welcomed its newest resident of 2015 as the former borough’s first newborn arrived at 1:04 a.m. on Jan. 1. Mohammed Muntasir Abdellatif, weighing six pounds and four-and-a-half ounces, was born a little more than an hour into 2015 to parents Ataule Selim and Soumia
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“At 1:05 a.m. there was a last push and our beautiful daughter was born,” Salman said in a statement from TSH. “My wife is a superstar. It was the happiest new year.” TSH welcomed a third newborn in Scarborough at 6:32 a.m. Father Qing Qiang Jin and mother Yan Ju Nian greeted their daughter, Zi Yan Jin, after a Caesarean section delivery. “It’s so exciting to see our daughter for the first time,” Qing Qiang said in a TSH statement. “We’re proud and excited, and mom and baby are doing very well.”
Annual Rouge Park bird count set for Sunday In a tradition now in its 12th year, 200 well-chilled volunteers will record whatever they can see flying or perching around Rouge Park this
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spot certain trends. Residents wishing to participate should send a message to bird.count@pc.gc.ca or call 416-264-2020.
People passionate about outdoor ice – and who want more of it in Scarborough – get another chance next week to tell city officials how they feel. Scott Harrison, a local hockey volunteer, said he will speak Tuesday morning when Scarborough Community Council considers a report on where the city’s ice rinks are, and where residents can find free unscheduled skating or shinny hockey games. Last week, Harrison said other opinions, delivered in person or in writing, would help make the case for more outdoor rinks in Scarborough. He tried to make his points to Scarborough councillors at a meeting last January, but was ruled out of order. Though decisions by Scarborough’s former city and school board officials – who opted to cover rinks decades ago – have much to do with it, the area’s current lack of outdoor rinks angers many, including Harrison. The Albert Campbell Square wading pool is transformed each winter into one of Toronto’s 52 artifical outdoor rinks – the only one east of Victoria Park Avenue. A second artificial rink in Scarborough is planned for McCowan District Park by 2016, the report states. – Mike Adler People wishing to speak about the report must register before Tuesday’s 9:30 a.m. meeting at the civic centre, 150 Borough Dr., at 416-396-7287 or scc@toronto.ca
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hings are beginning to happen in this city to relieve traffic congestion. Short-term, the TTC has a host of projects on the way to assist in that (see our list online at bit.ly/1vZ2zyN). A longterm strategy is just as critical, but also important is getting everyone in this city to do their own part. Businesses in this city fuel the very need for commuting. Deliveries need to be made. People run errands, grab coffees and many use their cars to do so. But where these efforts plug up our roadways, people need to think differently about how they or their business impacts traffic. How can they change what they’re doing and be a part of the solution, rather than the problem? On Monday, Toronto police and the city’s parking enforcement began their blitz on illegally parked cars in the city’s core. Any vehicle caught causing our view congestion because they were in a live lane was tickWe all need to stopped eted or towed. Though the law isn’t new, be part of the Mayor John Tory made the rigtraffic solution orous enforcement part of his six-point plan to reduce traffic congestion in early 2015. Commercial delivery and courier companies are a necessity for businesses downtown. But unless they want to foot expensive towing bills, they’re going to have to find new ways to operate to avoid jamming up the streets during rush hour. The strength of our economy is directly impacted by traffic in the city, so business leaders have a vested interest in getting people and goods moving. The loss of $6 billion in productivity each year is projected to grow to $15 billion by 2031. Businesses need to think outside the box to change their impact: perhaps consider flex time, satellite offices or allow staff to work from home. Tory’s suggested fewer events be hosted downtown and making sure marathons and charity walks aren’t monopolizing major roadways. Residents should ask how they can change their own commuter routines so they are more considerate of other drivers. And the city should measure the outcome of this enforcement campaign and apply that success to other commercial neighbourhoods in need of relief. A sustainable, long-term transit strategy may be driven by the city but cannot happen without everyone making their own contributions to the cause.
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thought I’d kick off the new year with some emails from readers. Q. Hey Jamie, I have just one question. When do you think Toronto will get an NFL franchise? Anxious in the Annex A. Hey Anx, the way it’s looking now, I’d say it’ll happen the same day Hamilton gets an NHL team. Q. A package deal. Very interesting. Or was that just a sarcastic remark meaning the chance of it happening is the same as Hamilton’s chance of getting an NHL team, as in, zero? A. Uh, uh, uh. Nice try, Anx. But in your message you clearly stated you had just one question for me. Now I’m no mathematician, nor do I play one in a community newspaper, but by my calculation you are, in fact, up to two queries now. So, my suggestion is you try back just
jamie wayne BUT SERIOUSLY before 2016. The just-onequestion statute of limitations will have expired by then. Q. Hey Jamie, the last time the Leafs won the Stanley Cup was 48 years ago. I remember it vividly because the night before I went to a Rolling Stones concert. Any ideas what I’ll be doing the night before when they win it again? Ever Yearning in East York A. Hey Ev, I wouldn’t count out finding yourself at yet another Stones concert. Even if it takes another 48 years. Q. Hey Jamie, I’ve been a figure skating fan for ages, but the truth is, I have no idea how to describe any of the moves. I don’t know the difference between a triple salchow and a double lutz, for example,
which I tell everybody are my favourites, incidentally. It embarrasses me to say, I can’t even explain what’s involved in a single salchow and single lutz for that matter. Can you help me? Befuddled in the Beaches A. Hey Be, sorry, but I also don’t have the foggiest notion how to do discern one move from another. Heck, I have two friends named Sheldon Salchow and Leon Lutz who don’t look anything alike and I can’t tell them apart either. Q. Hey Jamie, do you think Major League Baseball should get rid of the DH? Speculating in Scarborough A. Hey Spec, absolutely not. They should leave the alphabet alone. It’s small enough as it is without them meddling with it. Q. Hey Jamie, what’s your guess on whether a Canadian team will be in
the Stanley Cup final this year? Wondering in Weston A. Hey Won, it’s not a guess. I guarantee it. You can’t have a final without Don Cherry and Ron MacLean. It’s just not possible. Q. Hey Jamie, My favourite pro wrestler of all time is Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake. I know that’s just his sports stage name, but do you know what his real name is? Reminiscing in Rosedale A. Hey Remi, you’re right about that just being his wrestling handle. I’m not 100 per cent sure of the original, so don’t quote me on this, but I seem to recall reading once upon a time that his actual name is Barry “The Barber” Beefcake. Jamie Wayne is a lifelong columnist, who takes writing very seriously. The topics? Not so much. His column appears every Thursday. Contact him at jamie.wayne@sympatico.ca
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French Immersion Info WHEN: 6:30 p.m. to WHERE: St. Agatha Catholic School, 49 Cathedral Bluffs Dr. CONTACT: St. Agatha Catholic School, 416-3935302 COST: Free For parents interested in learning more about French Immersion. Children who are five years old by Dec. 31, 2015 are eligible to attend the program.
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Stephen Leacock Robbie Burns Seniors Dance WHEN: 7 to 11 p.m. WHERE: Stephen Leacock C.C., 2520 Birchmount Rd. CONTACT: 416-3964040COST: $5. Leacock Seniors are holding their annual Robbie Burns dance. Limit of 100 people. Must 55 years young. Coffee, cookies and soft drinks will be available. Come and meet Robbie Burns. Check out our complete online community calendar by visiting www.scarboroughmirror.com. Read weeks of listings from your Scarborough neighbourhoods as well as events from across Toronto.
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Stephen Leacock Seniors Dance WHEN: 7 to 11 p.m. WHERE: Stephen Leacock C.C., 2520 Birchmount Rd. CONTACT: 416- 396-4040 COST: $5. Limit of 100 people. Members must be 55 years and older. Coffee, cookies and soft drinks available.
w Tuesday, Jan. 13
Scarborough Garden Society: Gardens of the World WHEN: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. WHERE: Scarborough Village Community Centre, 3600 Kingston Rd. CONTACT: Anette, www. gardenontario.org, vicnet@ rogers.com COST: Free General meeting and lecture
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by Martin Galloway. Refreshments included. Staying Healthy with Nutrition WHEN: 6 to 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Morningside Library, 4279 Lawrence Ave. E. CONTACT: 416-7078259 COST: Free Learn about balanced diets, the difference between healthy and unhealthy eating habits, tips for vegetarians, grocery shopping on a budget, and reading nutritional ingredients. Registration is required. Recreational Badminton WHEN: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. weekly WHERE: Immanuel Child Care Centre, 21 Channel Nine Ct. CONTACT: Bette Kamerman, 416-293-2938 COST: Call for details
Sponsorship for Parents and Grandparents WHEN: 10:30 a.m. to noon WHERE: Immigrant Resource Centre-IRC (CICS), 2330 Midland Ave. CONTACT: 416-707-8259 COST: Free Registration is required.
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Scarborough Philharmonic Presents Mixing It Up WHEN: 8 to 10:30 p.m. WHERE: St. Paul’s L’Amoreaux Church, 3333 Finch Ave. E. CONTACT: Sue Payne, 416-429-0007, spo.ca, spo@spo.ca COST: $30 adults, $25 seniors, $15 students An evening of musical diversity that acknowledges our evolving musical heritage. Program includes South Asian dancers and musicians, as well as young artists from St. Paul’s L’Amoreaux Visit spo.ca for details.
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French Immersion Info WHEN: 6 p.m. WHERE: Our Lady of Wisdom Catholic School, 10 Japonica Rd. CONTACT: 416-393-5273 COST: Free
w Thursday, Jan. 22
Sales Skills for Entrepreneurs WHEN: 6:30 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Agincourt Library, 155 Bonis Ave. CONTACT: 416-396-8950 COST: Free Join small business coach Patti Pokorchak as she deconstructs her sales techniques so that anyone can sell more. Registration is required.
w Saturday, Jan. 24
Card Party and Luncheon WHEN: Noon to 4 p.m. WHERE: Scarborough Bluffs United Church, 3739 Kingston Rd. CONTACT: G. Darch, 416-261-7715, scarboroughbluffs.org COST: $20 Join us for lunch, prizes and an afternoon of cards. Reserve tables of 4 to 6. Advance ticket sales only.
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n Canada people of all cultures live side by side in harmony, according to one Kurdish artist, but that’s not the case in his homeland. Dara Aram presents Identity, an art exhibit meant to promote Kurdish culture and identity amidst severe persecution and war experienced in Kurdistan. The exhibit is on display at Scarborough’s Cedar Ridge Creative Centre until Friday, Jan. 9. It features the works of four KurdishCanadian artists: Aram, along with Khadija Baker, Henderen Chalak and Fethi Karakecili. The opening reception was held Sunday, Jan. 4. Each artist brings a distinct art form to the exhibit. Aram specializes in paintings and installations; Chalak features his photo gallery of his hometown of Arbil, Iraq (also the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan); Baker offers a video installation; Karakecili performs traditional and contemporary Kurdish dance. “This exhibit is about identity, Kurdish identity, and how they live in the Middle East,” Aram said. “You know the situation right now, I won’t get into specifics. But there are problems with ideologies and it’s gotten worse.” The focus on Kurdish identity stems from the artists’ desire to portray Kurds in a positive tone. It contrasts from the portrayal of Kurds as victims of war, persecution and even genocide. The last year saw Kurds in Syria and Iraq struggle to survive in the face of civil war and an insurgency by Islamic State. Kurdistan is situated across four different countries – Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran. Under various governments and regimes in these four countries, Kurds, as a minority, have experienced hardships in establishing
The Identity exhibit runs until tomorrow at Cedar Ridge Creative Centre, 225 Confederation Dr. Gallery hours Thursday and Friday are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Staff photos/Ali Raza
Clockwise from top left: Paromita Kar performs a hybrid of a Kurdish traditional/contemporary dance Sunday during the opening reception for the Cedar Ridge Creative Centre exhibition titled Identity; Artist Dara Aram displays his work ‘Oil and Suffering’ at the Scarborough gallery; Fethi Karakecili performs a Kurdish ritual peacock dance; Shahriyar Jamshidi performs on the Kamancheh, an traditional Middle Eastern stringed instrument.
their identity openly and freely. With this exhibit, the artist hope to share Kurdish culture with Canadians. “We’re a new community in North America,” Karakecili said at the reception. “Most people don’t know anything about our culture, our art or our music. So why
not share it with a Canadian audience? Why not share our culture with them? Because here in Canada, I can freely identify myself as a Kurdish artist.” Aram and Chalak are from Iraqi Kurdistan, while Baker’s origins are from Syrian Kurdistan and Karakecili is from
Turkey. As a large part of Kurdish territory lies in eastern Turkey, a difficult political situation has emerged for Kurds living in Turkey. It was because of this that Karakecili – whose opinions differed from the Turkish government – came to Canada in 2001. The most prominent dis-
play features a painting and installation done by Aram, which consists of a patch of land with a white temple, and four boots, each pointing north, south, east and west, and each pinned with flags of Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran signifying occupation of Kurdistan. “That’s a map of
Kurdistan, each boot represents a country,” Aram said. “I want to be politically correct, it’s not about the country or the people, it’s about the regimes.” Overlooking the installation is Aram’s giant painting that shows the persecution of Kurds by Middle Eastern governments. The temple, Lalish, is a holy site for Yazidis, a Kurdish community facing harsh circumstances in northern Iraq. “Each regime has its own way of persecuting Kurds – these regimes don’t let Kurds have their own identity,” Aram said. “Lalish is in Sinjar, where fighting is happening right now. The religion of the Yazidis is the oldest Kurdish religion, for centuries people have been trying to wipe out Yazidis because their religion is different. This is a sign of resistance.” It was in front of this installation that Karakecili performed a spiritual praying dance. “I was representing a peacock, because a peacock is a holy animal for Yazidis,” Karakecili said. “A lot is happening in the Middle East in Rojava (Syrian Kurdistan), Kobani and Sinjar. We’re trying to do something to bring attention to that.” Karakecili continued to explain the significance of his dance movements, and how they are a form of prayer that he is performing for Lalish Temple and the Yazidis who are in need. Aram has painted for more than 20 years and has collections in Europe, the Middle East and North America. Karakecili leads his own dance company, Dilan Dance Company and teaches at York University while pursuing his PhD in ethnomusicology. Aram takes pride in having freedom to express himself in Canada. “My message was that you show who you are without fear.”
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Our hurry up and wait culture My, did Toronto councillors and the mayor get off to a running start this week. Mayor John Tory and councillors looked at all sorts of ways to speed cars and trucks on their way with traffic management as police got busy towing illegally stopped vehicles during rush hour. The Public Works and Infrastructure Committee wasted no time putting staff to work studying whether or not to contract out garbage collection. Tory was so excited to get going that he nearly fell over on an icy Toronto sidewalk. And that was just by Tuesday. In all this hustle-and-bustle, it was good to be reminded that not everything in Toronto is an around-the-clock project, and there are still some parts of the city where people know how to slow down and smell the roses. And where better to do that than in Nathan Phillips Square. On Monday, the city’s Government Management Committee kicked off the term
david nickle the city hearing from the team that’s managing the nine-year, $60 million project to spruce up the square outside Toronto City Hall. The project got its start under the David Miller administration in 2007, with a design by PLANT Architect and a budget of $40 million. The cost of that project has ballooned to about $60 million, with elements added and removed through the years as political whims shifted. This week staff recommended adding back many of the elements of that revitalization that had been removed — which would add $11 million to the project. If everything is added back — which is up to council — the $70 million project to improve Toronto’s civic square will be finished in 2016. If a repair of the ceremonial ramp going to the roof of city hall is included, that will be 2019. If the city can find a res-
taurateur with $4 million to spend on building a restaurant there, we’ll have one of those too. Although after the failure of city hall’s own Café on the Square restaurant, it’s unlikely they’ll find anyone. Until then, Nathan Phillips Square will be some flavour of the way it is now: partially open, dotted with hoardings, kind of arid: all for a project that in the end was intended to – let’s be honest – marginally improve the political and cultural centre of our city. It’s this example — along with the decades-long rehabilitation of the Gardiner Expressway and the continuing mirage of subways in Scarborough — that reveals Toronto’s true political cult heritage, and against which the hurry-up culture of the Tory administration finds itself. Council can hurry up as much as it wants now. Before too long, we all get down to the regular business, of waiting.
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Fight against TDSB sale of school land to be ‘escalated’ >>>from page 1 the board on a townhouse proposal covering part of the school lands, but Weiser maintains that was on the understanding The Toronto French School Board had bought the collegiate, intending to use it as a high school. The TDSB last fall, however, surprised residents by stating the French board had withdrawn its bid in April “due to lack of provincial approval,” and more townhouses were proposed on the Thomson site. When Scarborough Community Council didn’t approve, the TDSB applied to have its proposal heard at the Ontario Municipal Board. Residents coming to a GBAT
meeting at the Scarborough Civic Centre from 7 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 8 will be asked to take part in a coordinated letter-writing and lawn sign campaign aimed, Weiser said, at forcing the board back into negotiations with the community. But though he said area homeowners believe the TDSB’s decision to sell the Thomson site is “politics and bureaucracy at its very worst,” Weiser said the allvolunteer GBAT can’t afford the steep costs of fighting the sale directly at the OMB. “We want the process to stop and we want the community consultation to start again.”
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Body camera pilot project set to begin >>>from page 1 of. It’s not something that I think the public has to be afraid of. It just seems to be the next natural step.” Arsenault noted he’s been in “plenty of situations” where he would have wanted to have
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Knox United Church’s Nearly New Shop will re-open for the winter season on Wednesday, Jan. 14. The shop is open between 1 and 3 p.m. Wednesdays and sells quality, gently used clothing for all ages. Knox United Church is on Midland Avenue, just north of Sheppard Avenue. Stacey centre seeks help for roof repair Scarborough’s Tony Stacey Centre for Veterans Care is appealing to the community for help as it raises funds for a much-needed roof repair to the facility, which opened in 1976. Located on Lawson Road, the centre provides long-term care services. An estimate for repairs to the roof came in at about $138,000, and the work is desperately needed according to officials at the centre. Time is also critical as past a certain point next year, repairs will not be effective and the entire roof will need to be replaced at a cost almost four times as much as the repairs. Anyone wishing to help out
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Committee approves additional $10 million for Nathan Phillips Square revitalization DAVID NICKLE dnickle@insidetoronto.com
GIANT TIGER SPREADS HOLIDAY CHEER WITH GENEROUS DONATION On Dec. 23 Giant Tiger at 682 Kennedy Rd. presented a generous holiday donation to the Center of Hope. The Center of Hope provides toys, clothing and food to underpriviledged children, adults and families. Because of the donation from Giant tiger, 100 underpriviledged children recieved toys this Christmas, and 300 homeless people recieved a holiday dinner as well as hats, socks, mitts and other goodies.
To r o n t o’s G ov e r n m e n t Management Committee has recommended boosting the budget of the revitalization of Nathan Phillips Square by another $10 million to $70 million. If Toronto Council goes along with the recommendations, it would mean the revitalization of Toronto City Hall’s public square would be complete in 2016, nine years after the city embarked on the plan originally slated to cost $40 million. City staff in charge of the project blame the dramatic increase in the cost on several factors. Council had tinkered with the plan since 2007 when it was approved, and also workers found the aging infrastructure of the public square at Bay Street and Queen Street West needed more work than originally thought. As well, early plans to raise $27 million through a fund-
raising effort fell flat. ”We’ve come back to council quite a few times,” said Toronto’s Chief Corporate Officer Josie Sciloi, who has been overseeing the project since 2012. “Council has approved every single item that’s come to council.” Later this month, council will be asked to approve $10 million in items removed during the Rob Ford administration: the upgrade of the underground PATH, the demolition of the Sheraton pedestrian bridge (which is the responsibility of the Sheraton hotel on the south side of Queen Street); the rehabilitation of the ceremonial ramp; repair of elevated walkways; and upgrades at Hagerman Street and Bay Street. If council approves that plan, it will add another $10 million onto the project, with all but the ceremonial ramp complete by 2016. The ramp would be finished under a separate tender in 2019. Some members of the committee expressed frustration
in the amount of time the city had taken on the square. “We’ve been discussing this it feels like it’s been 20 years,” said York SouthWeston Councillor Frances Nunziata. “We can build a city in the time we build Nathan Phillips Square.” The committee also asked staff to look again into the possibility of bringing a “highend” restaurant to Nathan Phillips Square. Such a plan would be financed entirely by the restaurateur with the city leasing the land. Toronto-Danforth Councillor Paula Fletcher cautioned against going forward on that matter without an “integrated approach,” arguing there are issues “financially even in maintaining a restaurant in city hall.” “An empty building on Nathan Phillips Square — I don’t want to be a part of making this decision,” she said.
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Clockwise from above: Youngsters wait patiently for the Albert Campbell Square rink ice to be cleared during New Year’s Eve events at Scarborough Civic Centre Wednesday night; Megan sits for a face painting; Lisa, left, Angela and Rebecca work at the craft table; Declan, left, receives a balloon sculpture; Sol De Cuba performs for the revellers.
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High school hockey TDSB BOYS EAST DIVISION, TIER TWO Tuesday, Jan. 13 w 2:15 p.m., Bendale vs Cedarbrae w 3:15 p.m., Agincourt vs Woburn Wednesday, Jan. 14 w 2:15 p.m., Birchmount Park CI vs David & Mary Thomson CI w 3:15 p.m., West Hill CI vs SATEC @ WA Porter CI * Boys East Division Tier Two games at Don Montgomery Arena GIRLS EAST DIVISION, TIER TWO Monday, Jan. 12 w 2 p.m., Wexford CI vs. Sir Wilfrid Laurier CI at Don Montgomery Arena w 3 p.m., RH King Academy vs. Sir John A Macdonald CI at Don Montgomery Arena. Wednesday, Jan. 14 w 3 p.m., Cedarbrae CI vs. Earl Haig SS at Mitchell Field Arena. TCDSB BOYS - Scarborough teams Wednesday, Jan. 14 w junior, Neil McNeil vs Blessed Cardinal Newman at Don Montgomery Arena w senior, Blessed Cardinal Newman vs Father Redmond at MasterCard Arena Thursday, Jan. 15 w junior, Blessed Cardinal Newman vs Sir Oliver Mowat at Heron Park
Staff photo/DAN PEARCE
Scarborough Sharks’ Lexi Dimson is pursued by North York Storm’s Alyssa Jones during atom BB divsion action at the Scarborough Sharks New Years Classic tournament Saturday at Malvern Arena. The Sharks won 2-1.
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